Posterior Position (also posted in labour and birth)

I found out yesterday that my baby is in the posterior position (back to back) i have read that it means labour can be longer and more painful as the baby tries to turn, Has anyone already been through labour with their baby in this position and did your labour start naturally?

Im worried of going overdue because the head might not be putting enough pressure on the cervix? That might be me worrying uncecessarily though!

Hi,I went 11 days overdue with a back-to-back baby. Labour started after a sweep but was very slow to get going. She wasn't putting enough pressure on my cervix to make it dilate but I had very strong contractions. The midwives didn't realise she was back-to-back until I'd already been pushing for an hour. In the end, she was delivered by forceps because she was stuck. It was nearly an emergency c-section but they managed to get her out. All I can say, is make sure everyone is aware your baby may be back-to-back (they can turn during labour) and be prepared for more intervention than if it was the right way around.For me, an epidural was the best thing! It stopped the pain for a few hours and let me get some rest after what had already been quite a long labour. Now I'm sitting here with my 22 month old angel sitting next to me and it doesn't matter in the slightest how she was delivered. It's one (or two) days of your life and you soon forget how difficult it might have been. All that matters is that your baby is safe.Good luck! Just take each moment as it comes and trust your body. Don't be afraid to take help/intervention that's offered.

My lil girl was back to back. I went into labour naturally, but slowly. Like kkng she wasn't putting enough pressure on for me to dilate and I started bearing down early. I had an epidural to stop me pushing (The urge to do it was unbelieveable even when I knew I shouldn't!). It was a long labour and ended with a forceps delivery (was going to be rotational forceps, or emergency section if that failed but she decided to be cooperative at the last minute!)

The birth experience soon becomes secondary to the miracle that is your baby!

Although I must confess that I've been thinking about it all a bit more recently. I suspect I'll be spending my final weeks of this pregnancy on all fours trying to persuade the little one to be LOA ;\) Although dd was LOA until after 39 weeks......

My midwife's advice to try and get baby to turn was to try and lean forward while sitting rather than slouching back and to wash all the floors on all fours (like you are going to do that when heavily pregnant!) apparently cleaning out open fires is good to get them to turn too. But we stupidly didn't put one in ;\)

I found the most comfy thing was to lean over a birthing ball. But obviously it didn't work in my case :\(